2,739,282 of 3,100,000 signatures

Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany, Jens Spahn, German Minister of Health, Peter Altmaier, German Trade Minister and Heiko Maas, German Foreign Minister

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We call on the European Union to make the COVID-19 vaccines and treatments accessible to everyone, everywhere. The EU should:

Release all patents and licences of the anti-pandemic vaccines and treatments;
Make public all contracts between public EU authorities and pharmaceutical companies;
Ensure that vaccines and treatments are affordable and accessible for all.

Why is this important?

**Update June 2021**

Germany is still blocking the proposal of a temporary waiver on Covid vaccine patent laws, while other countries like France are still on the fence. Now is the moment to increase the pressure ahead of important meetings of the G7 and the WTO in days. If they agree to this proposal, we can end this pandemic sooner so everyone is safe.

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What matters more: saving lives by getting as many COVID vaccines to as many people as quickly as possible? Or protecting the profits of pharmaceutical companies?

Pharma giants like BioNTech-Pfizer, Moderna and AstraZeneca own the vaccine recipes and can’t produce for the whole world fast enough. But they keep protecting their monopolies and their profits, ahead of people’s lives.

But it does not have to be like this. Governments, including Europe, are discussing a global plan to speed the vaccine roll-out in suspending patents for COVID-19 vaccines.

Let’s make it happen! Add your name to support this appeal!

The lack of vaccine access in countries like India is accelerating the loss of life and human suffering. As cases spiral out of control, open production can help ensure sufficient access to a vaccine and bring an end within sight. With new variants of the virus developing the longer it circulates, a slow rollout is only making matters worse. That means that nobody is safe from Covid-19 until everyone is safe.

Earlier this year, the United States’s backed proposals by South Africa and India at the World Trade Organisations call to remove temporarily lift the patents on COVID-19 vaccines until the pandemic is over. This call has the support of over 100 developing countries, the Pope and over 100 world leaders and Nobel laureates.

Governments are meeting in days, so join us to create a wave of public support to pass this proposal and make COVID vaccines and treatments available to everyone, everywhere.

References:

BBC: Covid-19: More than 6,000 'lives saved by vaccine programme. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-56521415

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Aleksander

Jestem preciwko antyszczepionkowcom dla mnie to idioci . dla mnie to jeden z najlepszych projektów , który mógł powstać

Marco

Free research. Free healthcare. Free science.

joe

Shutting down the federal government shutdown to slow the spread of the virus and stopping the virus spread of COVID/Monkeypox and Omicron Variants, Let's End COVID-19 Pandemic once for all, let's Make America Great Again, Let's keep school safe and stay open until control the spread of the newer variants and new lockdown to slow the spread down of the covid-19 cases are now highly transmission numbers are now level high this week, Let's close all borders, air travel, indoor & outdoor venues, restaurants, nightclubs & bars, sports & spectators and other services and venues.

Pieter

It will cost a lot now, but it will save costs later!

Blanca

Si toda la población mundial no está vacunada no acabaremos jamás con esta pandemia. Estas vacunas se han desarrollado gracias a una inmensa inyección de dinero público y, por lo tanto, deben servir, por encima de todo, para el bien de la ciudadanía, no a los intereses económicos de la industria farmacéutica.

jaap

if two and two hands make a million we'll see that day comes around

Aleksander

Bo zdrowie ludzkości jest bardzo ważne

Francisco

Science for all people wih no money for change

Marie

People need to help each other and be responsible, so we can end this pandemic because, as always, the poorest are getting the worst treatments

ben

Het is mijn eigen lichaam waarover IK beslis. Mijn immuunsysteem is dik in orde. Dit is gewoon en druk middel om de QR code erdoor heen te krijgen. Er zit een veel groter plan hier achter. WORD WAKKER MENSEN WAKE UP PEOPLE,

Anne

We should live in solidarity with other continents as we behave towards our own continent.

Adam

To stop needless deaths

Aurora

Si no se vacuna al mundo subdesarrollado seguirán saliendo NUEVAS VANDA TE y no acabaremos con el grave problema que impide a todos llevar una vida normal que tanto echamos de menos.

Annem

It's our duty of care to fellow people globally

Leonardo

Perche una tragedia come quella che stiamo vivendo non sia più occasione di enormi redditi per le grandi aziende farmaceutiche

Mischa

Vaccines for all, not just for the rich.

C.

It is imperative for the Covid-19 to be accessible to everyone. That means the people of the country and the immigrants, refugees, homeless and anyone else. If we don't stop this pandemic, more people will die and who will answer for this privilege not being granted to them?

Kevin

I see neoliberal economic policy dominate the Netherlands and Europe. Now in the worst of times, neoliberalism denies us a covid-free world by blocking patent waivers - putting economic profit for the rich and well-invested in favor of literally anybody else on this planet. This has to stop!

Gaetano

Health is not for profit

Kelly

Everyone should have equal access to vaccines.

Ena

The pandemic will not end unless the whole world is vaccinated

Silvana

This will only be over if it is over in the whole world, otherwise new variants keep evolving. Nature knows no borders.

romain

to help end the pandemic

Ann

We are one planet, one world, one human race, we need to start supporting everybody and act as one.

Esther

The only way to stop dangerous mutations of the virus to come back at us, fortunate ones, is to vaccine everyone possible. Financially, it makes more sense. It is also the decent thing to do, but mostly: SMART MEDICINE, SMART FINANCES, GLOBAL RESPONSIBILITY.

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